The German band Die Toten Hosen has their roots in punk rock, but with their song “Draußen vor der Tür” they’re showing a softer, more vulnerable side.

Children aren’t the only ones who like to be sung to sleep. The young Sissi knows this and sings her teddy bear sweetly into the land of dreams!

Yabla's very own Eva takes us on a nice stroll though an autumnal German park and fills us in on the best things about the German vocabulary for this time of year. Enjoy!

These are not a bunch of free-ranging hippies, on the contrary: the World Wide Fund for Nature organized the event in Grugapark in Essen with a very clear goal in mind – to publicize the need to protect our forests as wildlife habitat. What better excuse do 848 people need to hug a tree? Viel Spaß!

Alexander Knappe grew up in Cottbus and had a promising career in soccer, until an injury when he was 18 years old forced him to give it up. He was later on X-Factor and finally got his big break with this song, “Weil ich wieder zu Hause bin” (“Because I’m back home again”), when it reached number 79 in the German pop charts in June, 2012. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Continuing with relative clauses, the class gets into the details of which noun is actually being described in the relative clause, and Aaron verbally decapitates Isaac Newton in the process! Luckily the apple fell on Newton's head, which remained firmly attached to his neck. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Singer-songwriter Johannes Oerding presents his song "Morgen" (Tomorrow). There's no time like the present!

Der Struwwelpeter, known famously in English as Shockheaded Peter, is a brutal set of stories from the 19th century intended to terrify children into behaving.

In 1891, Mark Twain wrote Slovenly Peter, his own translation of the book.

This video selection, made in the 1950s, adds a fantastic, surreal element to what is already a bizarre selection of tales. Copyright: RheinMainTV.

Here is a basic list of what goes best with your coffee. What is Italian and even better than George Clooney? See this video to find out and guten Appetit!

Barbara leads the class in the construction of relative clauses using a list of nouns and categories. The sheer volume of the text seems to have put the class on its best behavior! Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Diane and Franca take us through the basics of the verb machen, which in this video has been translated as "to do." Depending on the context, machen could also mean "to make." Try it out both ways and viel Spaß beim Lernen!

Singer and entertainer Helene Fischer touches our hearts with her version of “Ave Maria”. The Yabla team wishes you a merry Christmas!

Today Piggeldy, the curious piglet, learns how to paint. After falling into a paint bucket, he manages to create a very unique picture!

Adel Tawil, former singer of the German pop band Ich und ich, has made every line in this song a reference to an 80s or 90s pop song. Included are references to The Bangles, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Cutting Crew, Elton John, Louis Armstrong, Ultravox, David Bowie, EMF, Prodigy, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Guns 'n' Roses, Depeche Mode, Cypress Hill, Bros, Boys II Men, Beck, Rage Against the Machine, and Nirvana. See if you can figure them all out!

"Luke, I am your father." The biggest Star Wars fan conference in the world takes place in Essen, Germany. Watch this video for some extra-terrestrial fun! (video copyright DPA)